Midwest Hit By Snowstorm
Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from a big storm system that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow, the Associated Press reported.
A record 20 inches of snow fell from Friday into Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, beating a previous record set in 1910, AP said, citing the National Weather Service.
Almost all flights were canceled Saturday at Port Columbus International Airport, while Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, which shut down Saturday, reopened Sunday, AP said.
About 14 inches fell at Milan, Ind., and up to a foot fell in parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas on Friday. The storm caused slippery, snow-covered roads and in western New York and caused flooding that closed roads in other parts of the state, AP reported.
In Baltimore, wind blew a ship with cars aboard from a pier in on Saturday, and more than 100,000 New Jersey homes and businesses lost power at the height of thunderstorms on the eastern part of the system. Some train routes into New York City were blocked by fallen trees, AP said.
Northern Maine also got heavy snow as the storm sped northeast into Canada’s Maritime Provinces, AP reported.
